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Old 05-09-2013
Need a separator string between fields in cut -c command
Hi All,

I'm trying to view data using cut command for a fixed length file using the below command:

cut -c 1-3,4-5 FALCON_PIS_00000000.dat


I want to mention a separator say | (pipe) in between 1-3 and 4-5.

Please let me know how to achieve this.

Thanks in Advance,
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Old 05-09-2013
Can you supply example data file and desired output?
# 3  
Old 05-09-2013
I hope this is what you are looking for

Code:
awk '{print substr($0,1,3)"|"substr($0,4,2)}'  FALCON_PIS_00000000.dat

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Old 05-09-2013
Thanks Awk command is working fine. Smilie
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